Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?
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Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?

Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History

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Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?

Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History

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Can a political leader be effective without being tyrannical? Most biographies tend to treat the tyrannical aspect of a great leader's career as a contradiction to be minimized. This book examines both the creative and tyrannical aspects as the anticipated consequences of the exercise of power. Biographical profiles of 52 major world leaders throughout history feature pro/con essays reflecting contemporary views of the creative and tyrannical aspects of their record. Coverage is global, from Indira Gandhi to Fidel Castro, and spans history from the Egyptian king Akhenaton to Mikhail Gorbachev. Among the leaders profiled are Otto von Bismarck, Oliver Cromwell, Charles de Gaulle, Elizabeth I, Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, Louis XIV, Mao Zedong, Napoleon I, Kwame Nkrumah, Juan Peron, and Tito. All biographies are written by subject specialists. This work encourages critical thinking and debate about the exercise of power. Coverage is global, from Indira Gandhi to Fidel Castro, and spans history from the Egyptian king Akhenaton to Mikhail Gorbachev. Among the leaders profiled are Otto von Bismarck, Oliver Cromwell, Charles de Gaulle, Elizabeth I, Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, Louis XIV, Mao Zedong, Napoleon I, Kwame Nkrumah, Juan Peron, and Tito. Each biography begins with full name, dates of the leader's lifetime, offices held, and a general introduction placing the leader in historical context. A full biographical essay follows. The editor then presents two essays, in debate format, contrasting the creative and tyrannical roles of the subject from a contemporary viewpoint. Each biography concludes with suggestions for additional reading about the subject. An important resource tool, students will use Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? for debate and critical examination of periods of world history and the exercise of power.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
1995
ISBN
9780313008511
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Akhenaten: (c. 1396–1360 B.C.E.), King of Egypt
  5. Atatürk: (1881–1938), President of Turkey
  6. Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen: (1815–1898), Chancellor of Germany
  7. Fidel Castro: (1926– ), Cuban Chief of State
  8. Catherine the Great: (1729–1796), Empress of Russia
  9. Count Camillo Benso di Cavour: (1810–1861), Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italy
  10. Charles I: (1600–1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
  11. Charles V: (1500–1558), Holy Roman Emperor
  12. Oliver Cromwell: (1599–1658), Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
  13. Charles de Gaulle: (1890–1970), President of the French Fifth Republic
  14. Elizabeth I: (1533–1603), Queen of England
  15. Francisco Franco y Bahamonde: (1892–1975), Spanish Chief of State
  16. Franz Joseph I: (1830–1916), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
  17. Indira Nehru Gandhi: (1917–1984), Prime Minister of India
  18. Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev: (1931– ), General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  19. Henry VIII: (1491–1547), King of England
  20. Herod the Great: (c. 75-4 B.C.E.), King of Judea
  21. Toyotomi Hideyoshi: (1536–1598), Supreme Daimyo of Japan
  22. Ho Chi Minh: (1890–1969), President of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
  23. Ivan IV, the Terrible: (1530–1584), Grand Prince and Tsar of Moscow
  24. Bohdan Zynovyi Khmel'nyts'kyi: (c. 1595–1657), Hetman of the Ukraine
  25. Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev: (1894–1971), First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party
  26. Pierre Laval: (1883–1945), French Premier
  27. V. I. Lenin: (1870–1924), Russian Head of State
  28. Leopold II: (1835–1909), King of the Belgians
  29. Louis XIV: (1638–1715), King of France
  30. Mao Zedong: (1893–1976), Dictator of the People's Republic of China
  31. Mary I: (1516–1558), Queen of England
  32. Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa: (c. 1632–1709), Hetman of the Ukraine
  33. Cosimo de' Medici: (1389–1464), Head of the Council of the Republic of Florence
  34. Clemens von Metternich: (1773–1859), Chancellor of Austria
  35. Napoleon I: (1769–1821), Emperor of the French
  36. Napoleon III: (1808–1873), Emperor of the French
  37. Kwame Nkrumah: (1909–1972), President of Ghana
  38. Julius Kambarage Nyerere: (1922– ), President of Tanzania
  39. Juan Domingo Perón: (1895–1974), President of Argentina
  40. Peter the Great: (1672–1725), Emperor of Russia
  41. Pheidon: (c. 600 B.C.), King of Argos
  42. Philip II of Habsburg: (1527–1598), King of Spain
  43. Abd al-Karim Qassem: (1914–1963), Ruler of Iraq
  44. Qin Shih Huang Di: (259-210 B.C.), First Emperor of All China
  45. Stenka Razin: (c. 1630–1671), Russian Cossack Rebel
  46. Richard II: (1367–1400), King of England
  47. Richard IIl: (1452–1485), King of England
  48. Maximilien Robespierre: (1758–1794), Revolutionary Leader in France
  49. Joseph Stalin: (1879–1953), General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party
  50. Pyotr Arkad'evich Stolypin: (1862–1911), Prime Minister of Russia
  51. Tito: (1892–1980), Leader of Yugoslavia
  52. Trajan: (53–117), Roman Emperor
  53. Vespasian: (9–79), Roman Emperor
  54. Wilhelm II: (1859–1941), German Emperor
  55. Thomas Wolsey: (c. 1472–1530), Lord Chancellor of England
  56. Index
  57. About the Editor and Contributors